diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.cs b/src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.cs
index 6e5d5e03..a50dd94c 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace NadekoBot
             SetupLogger();
             _log = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
 
-            _log.Info("Starting NadekoBot v" + typeof(NadekoBot).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>().InformationalVersion);
+            _log.Info("Starting NadekoBot v" + StatsService.BotVersion);
 
 
             Credentials = new BotCredentials();
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 9a06963a..ca3bd293 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyProduct("NadekoBot")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("1.0-alpha")]
+[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("1.0")]
 
 // Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible
 // to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Services/Impl/StatsService.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Services/Impl/StatsService.cs
index 61a27233..6a5c12c6 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Services/Impl/StatsService.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Services/Impl/StatsService.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace NadekoBot.Services.Impl
         private DateTime started;
         private int commandsRan = 0;
 
-        public string BotVersion => "1.0-beta1";
+        public const string BotVersion = "1.0-rc1";
 
         public string Heap => Math.Round((double)GC.GetTotalMemory(false) / 1.MiB(), 2).ToString();